The Robert Agnew-trained Show ‘Em Howl looks well placed at Taree on Tuesday. Picture: Bradley Photos
Trainer Robert Agnew will gladly take his share of the $13,950 winner’s purse on offer at Taree on Tuesday but it’s the points – not the cash – he wants most.
Agnew, a rising star trainer, has his rising star racehorse Show ‘Em Howl back in action on the Mid-North Coast on Tuesday after back-to-back barnstorming runs at Royal Randwick and Rosehill respectively.
It comes as no surprise then that Show ‘Em Howl looks destined to start well into the red when he steps out in the MVRC Winning Post Function Centre Class 3 Handicap (1262m).
“He is definitely on a Country Championship path that’s for sure,’’ Agnew said.
“And it looks like a walk in the park to get his (benchmark) points up to be eligible.
“He wins on Tuesday, he goes from a 60 to 64 or 65 and then that would nearly get him in (to the qualifier).
“I’ll run him there (at Taree) and then we go to Sydney two-and-a-half weeks later for a 1400m and then he is in the paddock or we give him one more kill and then he is in the paddock.”
Show ‘Em Howl has finished fourth and fifth in his two Sydney runs, both ending in his now-trademark whirlwind finishing burst.
Rival trainers hoping for a level-playing field at Taree on Tuesday will be disheartened to learn of Show ‘Em Howl’s current state of health and wellbeing.
“He’s improved,’’ Agnew declared. “I’m expecting him to be very dominant on Tuesday to be honest.”
Show ‘Em Howl is not only a four-legged advertisement for Agnew’s training prowess, his meagre purchase price of $5,000 at the far away Inglis Gold Yearling Sale in Melbourne in 2023 highlights Agnew’s eye for a bargain
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